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The Yoruba Gods in Oyotunji, South Carolina: A Case Study of Religiocultural Africanisms in the Americas

Fatoki, Oluwatimilehin Idowu
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1310-0209
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1711547019137421

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2024, Master of Arts (MA), Bowling Green State University, History.
This ethnographic study is situated at the confluence of the enduring scholarly discourse on Black retention or loss of their African culture and identity resulting from their enslavement and slavery. Thus, this thesis identifies and explores the manifestations of Africanisms among Black Americans regarding their cultural resilience, retention, and adaptation. With the case study of Oyotunji in South Carolina, an African (Yoruba) village in America, this thesis underscores how Black people reclaimed their identity by invoking, appropriating and preserving their African cultural traditions and values through the agency of spiritualism and the adoption and veneration of the Yoruba gods. Besides, Oyotunji was a product of Black cultural protests and the search for authentic identity and nationalism in the aftermath of the Civil Rights Movement. The study is significant in highlighting Oyotunji’s place in fostering the connection and genuine immersion of African Americans to their African ancestral roots while navigating the complexities of identity rediscovery in the Americas
Apollos Nwauwa, Ph.D (Committee Chair)
Nicole Jackson, Ph.D (Committee Member)
143 p.
African American Studies; African Americans; African History; African Studies; Black Studies; History
Oyotunji; African Diaspora; Yoruba; Religion; Africanism; Orisa Vodou;

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  • Fatoki, O. I. (2024). The Yoruba Gods in Oyotunji, South Carolina: A Case Study of Religiocultural Africanisms in the Americas [Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1711547019137421

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Fatoki, Oluwatimilehin. The Yoruba Gods in Oyotunji, South Carolina: A Case Study of Religiocultural Africanisms in the Americas. 2024. Bowling Green State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1711547019137421.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Fatoki, Oluwatimilehin. "The Yoruba Gods in Oyotunji, South Carolina: A Case Study of Religiocultural Africanisms in the Americas." Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University, 2024. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1711547019137421

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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